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So I had my drive off over the winter for painting
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Author:  blue dragon [ Wed May 21, 2014 9:12 am ]
Post subject:  So I had my drive off over the winter for painting
...and for fixing my bent skeg from two seasons ago (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9377&hilit=prop#p90196). This was the first time I had the drive off, so we checked the gimbal bearing and everything looked good.

Anyway, the mechanic goes, I want to show you something. This part with splines is joining the lower and upper drive is supposed to break if you hit something. In my case, I just managed to twist the hell out of it.


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Got it replaced, drive looks like new. Ran the boat off the muffs and everything worked great
Author:  LouC [ Wed May 21, 2014 11:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: So I had my drive off over the winter for painting
Wow I guess it sis what it was supposed to do. So the driveshaft from the upper to the lower gear units is a 2 piece design with the splined section designed to give way to protect the expensive lower unit.... I have heard about this but never saw one. Glad it worked!
Author:  blue dragon [ Wed May 21, 2014 11:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: So I had my drive off over the winter for painting
I'm glad it didn't break entirely, I would have need to be towed in :mrgreen: , but yes, its good to know that its there.
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